Outsourcing Tools

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Understanding the outsourcing phenomenon is crucial to making it an integral part of everyday business. That’s why we’ve provided the following free downloads where you’ll find high quality software programs specifically designed to assist your outsourcing strategy.

Office Outsourcing Tools

Typing Test

Measures your typing speed in words per minute with over 21 distinct user-friendly tests. You can use this tiny program to administer typing exams, assess applicant typing skills, or to just practice your own typing skills. 10-key and keyboard character skills are included. Each individual test is 15 words long and includes almost every character (including numbers and symbols) on the keyboard.

(Prospect Database, Outsourcing Tasks)

Tasks_97.xls itemizes the tasks that are common among a vast number of industries. Refer to it when contemplating tasks and activities to outsource, and then insert your selected outsourcing provider next to each task. The included Prospect Database will help you keep track of your RFI and RFP responses. This database is an Excel spreadsheet that will store your top 20 contacts and rate them according to built-in criteria. Further instructions provided as spreadsheet comments.

Scheduling Outsourcing Tools

Project Pacer

Project management software product that allows the freelancer, contractor, or anyone involved with a large project to easily break down a job into manageable daily tasks. The program works with your deadline and divides a project into daily assignments so you that can pace yourself, stay on schedule, and keep your sanity!

Outsourcing Collaboration Tool

The database stores two types of data : (1) data pertaining to each outsourced project, and (2) data pertaining to each hired contractor. Both project and contractor datasets interface on the first screen although each are maintained in separate data containers.

Hiring Outsourcing Tools

Red Hot Recruiter

Locate qualified employees easily with the click of a button. Red Hot Recruiter locates the best workers for your marketing, office, or IT related jobs. Make easy choices with predefined criteria and start vetting from a list of qualified candidates. Results show up in your preferred, default web browser.

Finances

Outsourced Time and Cost Reduction Calculator

Outsourced Time and Cost Reduction Calculator calculates time and cost savings incurred by outsourcing various tasks. Tasks and in-house hours and cost fields can be edited. Requires Excel 2007 or equivalent viewer.

Other Outsourcing Tools

Competitive Intelligence Tool

Walks you through the process of identifying your competitors and beating them at their own game. Compete by different variables including pagerank, product, price, keywords, backlinks, buyouts, promotion sales and more. Includes your own personal competitive strategy!

My PC Ref

Displays basic and advanced details for the beginning PC user. Designed for hardware and software contractors who work with clients new to computing, and who may not know how to access hidden, but important computer specs. Program supplies basic and advanced computer configuration data, which may be emailed, saved, and/or printed.

Public Domain Image Gallery

A collection of over 130 images placed into the public domain and available under a public domain license.

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